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Emergency personnel bring Robert Fico to hospital following the assassination attemp

What does the Fico shooting mean for Slovak politics?

Slovak politics was already deeply polarised before Wednesday's attempted assassination of the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Europe • 18 May 24

This weekend, over 700 Fine Gael members will gather in Maynooth for its 'Special Conference'

Fine Gael: Is a term in opposition inevitable?

The party is over twelve years in Government, in possession of the Taoiseach's office again and many of its members have hopes of a further term.

Ireland • 18 Nov 23

How everything is different for today's first-time buyers

What has changed for today's prospective homeowners, that makes their housing situation so different to their parents? The very short answer is: everything, writes Mark Coughlan.

Prime Time • 03 Feb 22

France and Ireland already have strong trade links but some observers expect them to grow post-Brexit

Parisian promise: Irish firms urged to look to France

Brexit means that France is now the nearest EU country to Ireland, which some hope will make it an obvious first choice for Irish firms going international. But it may take more than a geography to turbo-charge trade with our new nearest EU neighbours, writes Adam Maguire.

Business • 13 Jun 21

Carole Barrett and her mother arriving at the Dublin City morgue on the morning after the Stardust fire (Eamon O'Dwyer)

Stardust took her big brother – then it took its toll

At 16, Carole Barrett lost her brother in the Stardust fire. Forty years on, she talks about the seven days that followed, through the eyes of a teenager.

Prime Time • 14 Feb 21

Varadkar offered no political absolution this evening

The Tánaiste has not been offered any political absolution this evening, writes Mícheál Lehane.

Politics • 31 Oct 20

Is Ireland borrowing too much money?

Ten words. That was the extent of the acknowledgement in Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe's Budget speech to the European Central Bank.

Analysis • 18 Oct 20

A British view of Brexit talks - things still on track

We have heard from Michel Barnier on TV and on the record about the state of play at the end of the latest round of Future Relationship talks, but what about the British side?

Brexit • 05 Jun 20

Plenty of questions but few answers during Dáil debate

Opposition TDs did their best during today's Dáil session to ask as many questions as they could about education under Covid-19, but there are no definitive answers to many of those queries, writes RTÉ Education Correspondent Emma O'Kelly.

Education • 13 May 20

Covid-19: Virus strain begins to show

Fergal Bowers chronicles the trials and tribulations Ireland has faced, and will continue to face, in the battle against an invisible enemy.

Coronavirus • 11 Apr 20

Reilly first to question Varadkar leadership

After the counts, the coalition conundrum

With the counting of votes completed, attention will now turn to post-mortems, periods of reflection and more than a little soul-searching.

Election 2020 • 11 Feb 20

What the Doomsday clock says about global factors

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday clock to one hundred seconds to midnight in recognition of the growing threat from nuclear war, climate change, and disinformation.

Environment • 23 Jan 20

Fiscal report: How do our finances fare?

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was established to be an independent watchdog on Government budgetary policy.

Business • 28 Nov 19

What the Google decision means for Huawei and you

Google has confirmed that is has blocked Huawei from updating some parts of its Android software used on Huawei phones. But why? Business Editor, Will Goodbody, has the answers.

Analysis • 20 May 19

Markets expect a soft Brexit - are they wrong?

It was like the bad old days of the crash.

News • 03 Feb 19

Taxing the Digital Economy – new optimism from the OECD

The New Year has brought what appears to be a new sense of optimism at the OECD that it might - just might - manage to forge a global consensus on how to tax the big digital companies by the end of next year.

News • 03 Feb 19

Facebook has signaled a firm commitment to Ireland

Facebook's big Ballsbridge bet

While it might have been the worst kept secret in Dublin commercial property circles, Facebook's announcement that it has sealed the deal on a lease on the Bank Centre campus in Ballsbridge was nonetheless interesting

Analysis and Comment • 09 Nov 18

How the US corporation tax regime helps US business compete

Has Donald Trump inadvertently given away the recipe to the secret sauce that makes US firms much more profitable than those from elsewhere?

Business Analysis • 12 Sep 18

Beware of our susceptibility to narrative economics

For decades now, behavioural scientists have been telling us (to little effect) that people do not act rationally. Experiment after experiment finds – particularly when it comes to financial decisions – people rarely make the wise choice.

Business • 11 Mar 18

State banks to lose as vulture law looms

It is now clear the Government will tighten legislation governing vulture funds which buy mortgages.

Business • 04 Mar 18

Are vulture funds evil? It's not that simple

Plans by Ulster Bank and Permanent TSB to sell 25,000 mortgages to so-called vulture funds have raised lots of questions.

Business • 25 Feb 18

Shares on the New York Stock Exchange peaked on 26 January last

Wall Street plunge looks like correction not a crash

The untrammelled enthusiasm that has gripped the stock markets over the past year has come to an abrupt and unsurprising halt.

Business Analysis • 07 Feb 18

Safe assets and how to protect the euro from the next crisis

Back in 2011, at the height of the financial crisis in the Euro Area, there were many ideas flying around about how to make the single currency safer.

Business Analysis • 30 Jan 18

Time to get tough with errant bankers

Bruised by its drubbing during the tracker loan controversy the Central Bank is now talking about getting tough with bankers.

Business Analysis • 09 Jan 18

EU officials asking 'What is going on in Dublin?'

EU leaders and senior officials from the institutions are well schooled in the art of not commenting on the internal political affairs of member states, at least not in public.

Brexit • 25 Nov 17